Pity about that is the mc I'm using is a laptop- so a couple of cheap nics is exactly possible... Good idea though. Whats the eta on the porting then? And I think this ? has been asked before, but why was this support removed from fedora for the past 2 releases? I can get this support on freebsd so I thought it would be there for fedora, hence why I looked into it as a solution. It seems improbable that fedora would remove something that was previously available. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:12:34 -0500 > From: fenlason@xxxxxxxxxx > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > CC: rock_on_the_web@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Firewire ethernet on FC8 > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 06:55:48AM +0000, Da Rock wrote: > >> I've been dredging the google all day for an answer on this, and it >> seems noone has conquered this. > >> As I understand it, the firewire support for FC7 onwards has >> changed, and all the howto's cover the old methods of using eth1394. >> Can anyone tell me the new way of doing this? > >> All I want to do is hookup 2 mc's using the firewire cards - one FC8 >> and a WinXP box. > > I have not yet finished porting eth1394 to the new stack. And given > how quickly my test boxes fall over when I use eth1394 and the old > stack, I really don't recommend it. > > For now I'd recommend a pair of cheap ethernet cards and a crossover > cable. If you use gigabit cards, you'll get higher throughput than > FireWire can deliver, too. > > -- JF _________________________________________________________________ It's simple! Sell your car for just $30 at CarPoint.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT
